During this project I have learnt many things about working in a group,
about photoshop, using flash and organisation.
To start off i found it extremely difficult to be part of a group as we all had conflicting ideas and could not come to any common ground. We had many group discussions but it seemed everyone was saying what they wanted to do, and not really understanding or listening to others ideas, which really did not help us get anything done.
After many disagreements we knew we just had to get on with the project and find some way of understangin eachothers ideas. We each brought in artists and ideas for the others to see, we then narrowed it down to 3 ideas due to practicallity.
We then each come together to go out on shoots for each idea.
It was very difficult to get a time to shoot when we were all free at the same time, concequently this delayed our project which then made it hard for me to be able to stick anything in our group work book. We then decided we would just have to go out with whoever is free and then the persons who werent avaliable for the photoshoot would have to catch up with the people who did attend and find out what was positive and negative about the shoot.
Throughout this project we had difficulties with the metz flash syncing with our cameras, which lead to us having a limited amount of images to work with.
I have also found it extremely difficult to get research, contact sheets and writing about these things from some members of the group which then because very stressful for me to try and projuce anything of any quality for the group work book, therefore making this part of the project very unappealing for me, as i usually enjoy presenting my works.
I have really enoyed sharing photoshop skills with other members of the group as we each learnt new ways of editing our images.
As the project went on, I found more and more common ground with other members of the group and had clear links between our ideas, allowing us to share research with eachother. Towards the end I was pleased with the the majority of the group pulling together to shoot, edit and produce the best image that we would in the circumstances.
I believe this project will help me in the future to be able to work in a group.
Every group will have its difficulties but now i am able to refer back to this experience and see how we resolved these issues which my turn up in the future.
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Little Red Riding Hood Photoshoot
These images below are from the first Little Red Riding Hood photoshoot
Unfortunately the only time the group could get together and shoot,
I had to work so could not go along with them.
The group really liked the woods which these images were taken in and liked
the composition and depth of field which they were taken in.
Unfortunately they had problems with flash, so when they looked back at these images they thought it wasnt dramatic enough and looked like standard photographs.
We then decided that Little Red Riding Hood would be our final idea we got together at 8.30pm in the downs and started to set up the lighting.
Not everyone could be there at the same time so it was difficult to be able to start shooting and get some good images.
By the time enough people turnt up to be in the picture and to set up the flash's it was very dark, making it hard to see any settings on the camera.
We were able to start testing the flash, but with it being so dark it was very had to be able to get the characters in focus.
These were all very big problems.
We kept trying to use tourch light to help us and managed to get a few images, before the flash stopped syncing with the camera, this then caused more difficulties.
This aside I enjoyed the photoshoot and working with other people.
Unfortunately it was hard to get anyone to give me these images to put on this blog.
Unfortunately the only time the group could get together and shoot,
I had to work so could not go along with them.
The group really liked the woods which these images were taken in and liked
the composition and depth of field which they were taken in.
Unfortunately they had problems with flash, so when they looked back at these images they thought it wasnt dramatic enough and looked like standard photographs.
We then decided that Little Red Riding Hood would be our final idea we got together at 8.30pm in the downs and started to set up the lighting.
Not everyone could be there at the same time so it was difficult to be able to start shooting and get some good images.
By the time enough people turnt up to be in the picture and to set up the flash's it was very dark, making it hard to see any settings on the camera.
We were able to start testing the flash, but with it being so dark it was very had to be able to get the characters in focus.
These were all very big problems.
We kept trying to use tourch light to help us and managed to get a few images, before the flash stopped syncing with the camera, this then caused more difficulties.
This aside I enjoyed the photoshoot and working with other people.
Unfortunately it was hard to get anyone to give me these images to put on this blog.
Annie Leibovitz/ Paul M Smith Photoshoot - Last Supper
These images are of the second shoot for The Last Supper shoot inspired by
Annie Leibovitz and Paul M Smith.
I believe this set of images are far more sucessful than the first shoot.
The Flash would still not connect with the camera byt the ambient lighting
is much more natural. allowing us to see the characters fully.
We sat each person in place of the characters witin the original image and asked them to use similar poses as Christ and his Deciples.
I liked this idea but thought that the Little Red Riding Hood idea was a
better idea for a final piece and was very interested in using other people within our images.
Thes images below are from our first shoot for The Last Supper idea
inspired by Annie Leibovitz and Paul M Smith.
This was not a sucessful shoot as we could not get the flash to work
with the camera that we were using. The dull day added to this made it
difficult for us to get the right exposure for the images,
allowing them to have a little bit of a dramatic effect.
Annie Leibovitz and Paul M Smith.
I believe this set of images are far more sucessful than the first shoot.
The Flash would still not connect with the camera byt the ambient lighting
is much more natural. allowing us to see the characters fully.
We sat each person in place of the characters witin the original image and asked them to use similar poses as Christ and his Deciples.
I liked this idea but thought that the Little Red Riding Hood idea was a
better idea for a final piece and was very interested in using other people within our images.
Thes images below are from our first shoot for The Last Supper idea
inspired by Annie Leibovitz and Paul M Smith.
This was not a sucessful shoot as we could not get the flash to work
with the camera that we were using. The dull day added to this made it
difficult for us to get the right exposure for the images,
allowing them to have a little bit of a dramatic effect.
Progress so far - Book work
At the beginning of the project I was sleected to be the person who presents our work throughout the project within the group work book. So far during this project I have found it exremely hard to get research, images, contact sheets and writing to go with it from some members of the group, therefore making it hard for me to compile any sort of work book to show the group our progress.
At this stage of the project I am finding it difficult to work within the group as we all have conflicting ideas and personalities but between us we have arranged to sit down and talk about our ideas and how we can create a similar ground to work towards.
So far during this project I have thoroughly enjoyed researching my ideas and pphotographers. Also I have enjoyed using photoshop again.
We have several ideas;
Last Supper
Little Red Riding Hood
Pride and Prejudice
A Gregory Crewdson inspired set
Paul M Smith's techniques with an image
Disney Theme
After a group discussion we were able to narrow it down to 3 of our ideas;
Last Supper
Paul M Smith
Little Red Riding Hood
Whilst discussing our ideas we started to think about the Last Supper idea,
My suggestion was to go to the Bristol City Football Ground and take images with the characters posing in the same positions as the Deciples and Christ, but with football costumes and beer as people do before a big football game.
We would set them outside of the grounds gates showing the audience where the setting which they are in. We would also take another set of images without the football ground within the image in the park opposite.
We thought that we could also encourperate Paul M Smith within this idea,
by using the sets of three's within the Last Supper,
and using those same people as different characters within the image.
We will now test this.
At this stage of the project I am finding it difficult to work within the group as we all have conflicting ideas and personalities but between us we have arranged to sit down and talk about our ideas and how we can create a similar ground to work towards.
So far during this project I have thoroughly enjoyed researching my ideas and pphotographers. Also I have enjoyed using photoshop again.
We have several ideas;
Last Supper
Little Red Riding Hood
Pride and Prejudice
A Gregory Crewdson inspired set
Paul M Smith's techniques with an image
Disney Theme
After a group discussion we were able to narrow it down to 3 of our ideas;
Last Supper
Paul M Smith
Little Red Riding Hood
Whilst discussing our ideas we started to think about the Last Supper idea,
My suggestion was to go to the Bristol City Football Ground and take images with the characters posing in the same positions as the Deciples and Christ, but with football costumes and beer as people do before a big football game.
We would set them outside of the grounds gates showing the audience where the setting which they are in. We would also take another set of images without the football ground within the image in the park opposite.
We thought that we could also encourperate Paul M Smith within this idea,
by using the sets of three's within the Last Supper,
and using those same people as different characters within the image.
We will now test this.
La Chappelle Studio - ID - Jesus Is My Home Boy
David LaChappelle
http://www.lachapellestudio.com/about/
I found this website very useful whilst looking into my research for Last Supper.
David LaChappelle created a series of images called 'Jesus Is My Homeboy'
(see images below)
'LaChapelle's work has been described as surrealist, grotesque, shocking and ironic'.
These series of images are surreal and satirical, they make you think.
During this research I found that LaChappelle put 'gangsters' with jesus, subsequently portraying the effect religion still has on the 'hip hop'
cultured youths.
http://www.lachapellestudio.com/about/
I found this website very useful whilst looking into my research for Last Supper.
David LaChappelle created a series of images called 'Jesus Is My Homeboy'
(see images below)
'LaChapelle's work has been described as surrealist, grotesque, shocking and ironic'.
These series of images are surreal and satirical, they make you think.
During this research I found that LaChappelle put 'gangsters' with jesus, subsequently portraying the effect religion still has on the 'hip hop'
cultured youths.
First Paul M Smith Photoshoot
This post contains some of the images we took wilst testing out Paul M Smith's
techniques. We went out and set the samera up looking at the composition which we thought best. Using the tripod we kept the camera still and in the same position the whole way through each of our shots, this allows the images to have the same perspective, therefore making the edited images look real.
As you can see from the sets of images below, we took 4 photographs of the same setting with each of us moving and posing in different places. we then each selected a set of images to upload and edit. We uploaded them onto the computer and opened an image up in photoshop, I then opened a second to show Sarah how I previously edited images in the same style. I then selected the pen tool to select a character, once I had done that I copied and paste the character into a new layer on the original photograph, which I then repeated until all character were on one image.
I then thought it would be a good idea if someone else in thr group had the experiance of editing these images and producing a pleasing outcome.
The two final images on this post were created by Sarah.
techniques. We went out and set the samera up looking at the composition which we thought best. Using the tripod we kept the camera still and in the same position the whole way through each of our shots, this allows the images to have the same perspective, therefore making the edited images look real.
As you can see from the sets of images below, we took 4 photographs of the same setting with each of us moving and posing in different places. we then each selected a set of images to upload and edit. We uploaded them onto the computer and opened an image up in photoshop, I then opened a second to show Sarah how I previously edited images in the same style. I then selected the pen tool to select a character, once I had done that I copied and paste the character into a new layer on the original photograph, which I then repeated until all character were on one image.
I then thought it would be a good idea if someone else in thr group had the experiance of editing these images and producing a pleasing outcome.
The two final images on this post were created by Sarah.
Paul M Smith
The images below were created by Paul M Smith for Robbie Williams
album called Sing When Your Winning.
The characters within it image are all Robbie Williams
but in different clothes and poses.
I have previously tired to use the same techniquein my A-Level projects
and created some pleasing images. With this in mind and my original idea being
The Last Supper with a modern twist, the group thoughr it might be a good idea to
use this idea of using the same characters in different positions.
I told another member of the group how I edited my A-Level images on
photoshop and suggested a couple of ways for her to test when editing our
Paul M Smith photoshoot no. 1 .
album called Sing When Your Winning.
The characters within it image are all Robbie Williams
but in different clothes and poses.
I have previously tired to use the same techniquein my A-Level projects
and created some pleasing images. With this in mind and my original idea being
The Last Supper with a modern twist, the group thoughr it might be a good idea to
use this idea of using the same characters in different positions.
I told another member of the group how I edited my A-Level images on
photoshop and suggested a couple of ways for her to test when editing our
Paul M Smith photoshoot no. 1 .
Annie Leibovitz - Dream Disney
The images below are a series by Annie Leibovitz called
Dream Disney - Year of a Million Dreams.
The images include many famous celebrities
posing in different scenes from Disney tales.
I looked at these image as I really like how Annie Leibovitz
has made them look like a modern fary tale, with the Gowns/Costumes
and accessories being made by famous designers.
This bit of research also refers to another idea that the group had, which was Little Red Riding Hood, but with a modern take.
Dream Disney - Year of a Million Dreams.
The images include many famous celebrities
posing in different scenes from Disney tales.
I looked at these image as I really like how Annie Leibovitz
has made them look like a modern fary tale, with the Gowns/Costumes
and accessories being made by famous designers.
This bit of research also refers to another idea that the group had, which was Little Red Riding Hood, but with a modern take.
Parodies
After much research into Annie Leibovitz' - The Sopranos I decided it would be very interesting to look into parodies of The Last Supper.
Below are some examples.
The first of which is The Simpsons
This image is set in Moe's Tavern, A popular place for Homer (The centre character) to go to, from the episode called 'Thank God Its Doomsday', However this image only has 9 characters (acting as the deciples) not the original 13 as with the Da Vinci Image. This for me creates many issues as two of the characters within the image are not characters that I have seen before.
Mickey Mouse's - Last Supper
This image is by pop artist Ron English.
I really like this parody as I believe it was cleaverly thought out, as the Disney characters are seperated from the Warner Bros characters, All of which are looking to Mickey Mouse (being the first cartoon superstar) as Jesus.
House - Last Supper - Promotional Photograph
House Last Supper
This image was created for season four of House. Personally this is one of my fouvourite parodies so far. The image shows the cast members set in an operating room, using a patient as the operating table, mimicing Dav Vinci's original perfectly. You may notice that There is no Judas in this photograph, but with this being a promotion for a new series it may not be a good idea for the show to announce who is going to be the 'Judas' of the show for that series, therefore i believe this was tactfully created. This said I like the way that there are still thirteen characters within the photograph as with the original.
Below are any more parodies that I have found.
Below are some examples.
The first of which is The Simpsons
This image is set in Moe's Tavern, A popular place for Homer (The centre character) to go to, from the episode called 'Thank God Its Doomsday', However this image only has 9 characters (acting as the deciples) not the original 13 as with the Da Vinci Image. This for me creates many issues as two of the characters within the image are not characters that I have seen before.
Mickey Mouse's - Last Supper
This image is by pop artist Ron English.
I really like this parody as I believe it was cleaverly thought out, as the Disney characters are seperated from the Warner Bros characters, All of which are looking to Mickey Mouse (being the first cartoon superstar) as Jesus.
House - Last Supper - Promotional Photograph
House Last Supper
This image was created for season four of House. Personally this is one of my fouvourite parodies so far. The image shows the cast members set in an operating room, using a patient as the operating table, mimicing Dav Vinci's original perfectly. You may notice that There is no Judas in this photograph, but with this being a promotion for a new series it may not be a good idea for the show to announce who is going to be the 'Judas' of the show for that series, therefore i believe this was tactfully created. This said I like the way that there are still thirteen characters within the photograph as with the original.
Below are any more parodies that I have found.
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